Word: gain
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...table, 4,469.00 Stock on hand, 847.72 $27,699.97 Expenses. Purchases, $20,690.70 Kitchenware, 300.18 Tableware and linen, 536.60 Board of help, 2,505.00 Service, 6,533.28 Loss, 2,895.79 $30,565.76 $30,565.76 CIGAR ACCOUNT. Receipts. Cash receipt, $2,137.00 Stock on hand, 404.04 Expenses. Purchase. $2,075.06 Gain, 466.98 $2,542.04 $2,542.04 HOUSE ACCOUNT Receipts. Memberships: Active, 2,090 $20,900 Asso., 524 2,620 Non-res., 348 1,044 One-half...
President Eliot was the first speaker. He said in substance, that he had been greatly impressed during his recent travel in the South by the great gains education is making there, the most significant feature being the rapid growth and development and the improvement in quality of the secondary schools there. Harvard and all the great universities have especial interest in this gain of the schools. The prestige of Harvard must be maintained before the country by the conspicuous success of its graduates. The changes in the methods of education in the last 40 years have emphasized the value...
Last year the minor sports did not report as large a deficit as in the year before, but the gain was due to wholesale reduction of expenses. Before long the limit in this direction will be reached and judging from past experience, the receipts will continue to grow smaller every year. By abolishing the subscription system, and substituting the blanket ticket and the enlarged football stands, we believe that the total surplus will be as great as, if not greater than, at present, and an exceedingly troublesome and obnoxious system will be done away with...
...under strict surveillance for having disobeyed orders and for having secretly received the Frenchman. Intrigue follows intrigue with rapid action introducing several humorous complications, until finally the prince is banished from Berlin. His friend and adviser, Hotham, decides to disguise him as the awaited Prince of Wales and thus gain access to the rooms of the Queen and the priness. In the last act the Prince of Baireuth is talking to the Queen and the princess, when the King surprises the little party and is ready to banish the Queen when Hotham explains the entire situation. The King then sees...
...practice a physician comes into closest contact with his patients. In the course of his duties he can gain their respect and gratitude, becoming an important figure in the community. A comfortable income is almost assured in a small town, while only brilliant men can practice successfully in a large city. A consulting practice provides a large income, but necessitates wide experience. Many men now prepare directly for this career by six or eight years of extra study. The surgeon requires many years of training, but his income is large. For specialized work less training is required than for surgery...